Andy gno and timcast IRL has been streaming news on these attacks and riots for just as many many months.
The people that did this have been ignored for a very long time and been watching government do nothing while their lives get ripped apart by a virus and a mob of people calling them racist for being white.
You people dont seem to understand you are just as bubbled as the right is.
Whatever delusional "wrongs" the Right feels they've suffered from the government doesn't come close to comparing to that. In a true Godwin's Law type fashion, even attempting a comparison might be enough to end the argument.
I didn't. You did.
I specifically said Portland, and yes, many of the people there involved were acting under the pretense of BLM but imo it was mostly just black bloc antifa being antifa. Portland antifa groups have a known and consistent history of this behavior, they've exploited BLM to amplify their attacks and they've used the support they received for doing so to embolden their actions.
They have literally stalked and murdered trump supporters in the street, they have shot people, and they have blinded and maimed anyone that gets in their way.
Blinding and maiming anyone that gets in their way sounds like they've blinded or maimed maybe 30k people in Portland by now?
There are no trials. Reinoehl was shot dead by police.
Blinding is commonly attempted with high powered lasers. They aim them at police and anyone filming after they speak code words to tell you to stop filming the crime about to take place.
They're maim anyone that refuses to bow down and say blacklives matter if confronted. It's huge bully tactics.
The whataboutisms/false equivalences from Trump supporters is annoying. I'm surprised you didn't bring up Hilary's emails, but I digress.
No one said the protest on the mall was a problem until Trump incited them to occupy the Capitol after priming the pump for months. Where are the politicians inciting the Portland protesters to insurrection?
I didn't say you did, I was simply presenting the facts and reasons these people have for their actions I don't condone or agree with them. I understand them, I've followed along on both sides of this and nobody is talking to anyone, the left is calling people racist for even questioning them and cancelling leftist media on the regular for being "alt right" whatever the hell that means.
I'm just not surprised this is the outcome. What else can you expect?
It's not whataboutism, I'm not using my example to say they have the right to do what they did, what I'm pointing out is that you can't have sustained >100 day riots in portland with the government not being allowed to intervene and expect anything fucking less than an amplified repeat.
Do people really believe anything those fake news spewing idiots say?
The protest wasn't the issue. Storming the capitol is the problem.
> If you Americans go down this path any further, you'll too find yourself living under the tyrannical dictatorship no better than ours.
In this case, we are trying to prevent a tyrannical dictator.
I do agree though that we are possibly entering a damned if we do, damned if we don't territory.